Michael Anthony

After an eight-year absence, Sammy Hagar will rejoin Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen and Michael Anthony for a Van Halen North American tour that stops in Chicago on July 19 at a venue to be determined. ---------- Edited by Cara Dipasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Curt Wagner (cwwagner@tribune.com)

Hello, Black Eyed Peas. Goodbye, brain. Spend too much time alone with the Black Eyed Peas' music and your frontal lobe will rot from neglect. This is music designed to be experienced en masse without a thought clouding your head, preferably over a kicking sound system in a club or an arena. And so it was at the sold-out United Center, lobotomy central Saturday night in Chicago. One of the biggest-selling pop bands of the new century strung together every hit from its last three albums and then...

We expect pomp and grandiosity from our supergroups. But when erstwhile Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and stunt guitarist Joe Satriani joined forces, they settled on a less than inspiring moniker: Chickenfoot. Yes, Chickenfoot. For all the name conveys, the group might as well have called itself Gone Fishin'. Indeed, there's a certain busman's holiday quality to Chickenfoot, as if its principals came together not in...

Eddie Van Halen has tapped his 15-year-old son Wolfgang to be the new bassist for Van Halen, replacing the departed Michael Anthony. With Eddie's brother Alex remaining the drummer, every current member has Van Halen as a last name, though the band has yet to name a vocalist for its 2007 tour. David Lee Roth remains the favorite, though it's worth noting that Sammy Hagar has four kids, one of whom must have an agent by now.

Michael Joseph Adam, suddenly, age 18, beloved son of Michael Anthony andDlorah Adam; loving brother of Jennifer Adam; dearest grandson of Stanley and the late MaryLaskowski and Sam and Grace Adam; dear God-son of ChuckAltamore andCarol Krisko; devoted nephew of many aunts and uncles; dear friend of Anthony Lopez and many other friends. Michael will always be remembered for his great sense of humor and his easy going nature. Funeral Monday 9:30 a.m. fromThe Montclair-Lucania Funeral...